Last year,Fortis company,based in Halifax,Canada, and nominally run by a 'John Marshall', tore up a huge swath of jungle in Belize, just to build a useless dam... Construction workers entertained themselves by hunting endangered animals like spider monkeys, scarlet macaws, and jaguars. Despite enormous international opposition from alarmed organizations and individuals ( including actor Harrison Ford-his movie "The Mosquito Coast" was filmed near the dam's site), untold rare species... a tropical eden, was destroyed.


Starting in the 1950's, several dam construction projects were begun in Rhodesia and neighboring nations - much wildlife was threatened, but conservationists joined with industry and government, and formed 'Operation Noah'- teams went into the threatened zones and captured thousands of antelope, big cats, buffalo, giraffe, etc., and relocated them to safe areas.

Development doesn't always have to mean total destruction.